put someone through their paces
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English
45
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She put Rosebud through his paces in the ring, and received her share of applause at the antics of the clever horse."
- "The new fire chief really put us through our paces: we had to wash all the fire trucks and then had two different fire drills."
- "When I test-drove the new car, the salesman let me take it out to the freeway to put it through its paces."
- "I have known consciences to come all the way from China and Russia to see a person of that kind put through his paces, on a special occasion."
- "All three of the German sonder yacht challengers–Hevella, Seehund, and Margarethe, were put through their paces today for the first time since their arrival in quest of the President Taft and Gov. Draper Cups."
- "I had my first taste of a collapsing exurb last night. On our way home from the beach, a friend and I decided to put the GPS through its paces and have the thing find us a grocery store close to our route."
Inflected Forms
puts someone through their paces (present, singular)
putting someone through their paces (participle, present)